How to Fry an Egg

Being able to cook an egg is like the basic skill you can possess! Even if you do not have anything except bread and eggs in the house, you can easily survive, that too without burning a hole in the pocket! Eggs also have many health benefits and contain very less calories compared to other food stuffs, so you do not need to worry about your calorie count even if you have eggs everyday. Talking about cooking eggs, there are different ways of cooking eggs. You can have fried eggs, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs or poached eggs.

If you are wondering what's the difference between scrambled eggs, omelet and fried eggs, well, the main difference is that in fried eggs the egg yolk and egg white are kept completely distinct. You do not beat eggs while frying them, egg yolk is visible as it is when the egg is neatly fried. Frying eggs is one of the easiest and tastiest ways of cooking eggs

Tips on How to Fry an Egg Perfectly

There are various ways of frying eggs like, over hard or hard fried eggs. Hard fried eggs are the ones in which, eggs are fried until the yolk solidifies. There is another type known as 'sunny side up', in which the egg is fried only from one side and the egg is left a bit runny, the yolk remains quite liquid. Some people like the egg fried from both the sides and the egg white thoroughly cooked, this type is known as the 'over medium'. There is one interesting Russian dish of fried egg known as 'Yaichnitsa'. For making this dish, multiple eggs are cracked in a saucepan and cooked without flipping! After all of them are cooked, you will find that the whites have mixed together and are surrounded by egg yolks from the sides. Now that you know different ways of frying eggs, let us take a look at some easy ways of frying eggs.

How to Fry an Egg Hard
First choose some fresh eggs. Fresh fried eggs does taste better than stale eggs, they are also more healthy. Take a medium-sized saucepan and heat 1/8th inch of butter in the pan, over medium heat. Add the eggs to the pan when the butter heats, add a drop of water to see if the water is heated, if it sizzles, the butter is heated. Reduce the heat when you add the eggs. As the eggs get cooked from the side, fry and flip the egg until the yolk is completely set. If you are not used to flipping the eggs, simply reduce the heat to low, cover the egg pan with a lid and cook until the egg white is set but the yolk is not. When it is set, slowly flip or serve if you like one side fried eggs.

How to Fry an Egg in the Microwave
Frying eggs in the microwave is one of the simplest thing. All you have to do is, break an egg into a microwave safe bowl. Poke it gently with a knife, do not use a butter knife. Now cover the safe bowl with a wrap or a plate, this is a very minor but important step as the eggs can explode if the bowl is not covered. Put the bowl in the microwave and cook for about 2-3 minutes. For hard-cooked eggs, separate the egg yolk and white into two bowls and microwave each for about 20-30 seconds for the yolk and 1 minute for the white, covered. Stir once or twice in between.

How to You Can Fry an Egg for a Sandwich
Here is a simple recipe of fried egg sandwich, which will help you understand the method of frying an egg for sandwich.

Ingredients

• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 eggs
• 4 slice processed American cheese
• 2 tsp butter
• 8 slices toasted white bread
• 2 tbs ketchup
• 2 tbs mayonnaise

Process

Melt the butter in a large skillet, over medium high heat. When the butter heats, crack eggs in the pan and cook until the desired firmness is achieved. When the eggs are about to be completely cooked, place a slice of cheese over each egg. As soon as the cheese melts, place each egg on a toasted slice. Season with salt and pepper and spread ketchup and mayonnaise on the remaining slices. Cover the eggs with bread, your fried egg sandwiches are ready! Serve them warm.

With these simple methods at hand, you can try exotic egg recipes and enjoy different styles of fried eggs everyday for breakfast!